tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post4656705672066715420..comments2024-03-24T21:42:48.278-04:00Comments on Another Old Movie Blog: The RMS Berengaria and the CrashJacqueline T. Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-57358772338254413532009-11-04T12:59:02.638-05:002009-11-04T12:59:02.638-05:00Hi, VP19, thanks for that wonderful background on ...Hi, VP19, thanks for that wonderful background on the movie connection with Claude Binyon. I didn't know that. That's just great. Thank you.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-48832293067642114482009-11-04T11:05:02.983-05:002009-11-04T11:05:02.983-05:00The man who wrote the famed "Wall St. lays an...The man who wrote the famed "Wall St. lays an egg" headline for <i>Variety</i>, Claude Binyon, became a screenwriter in the 1930s; his credits include "The Gilded Lily," "I Met Him In Paris" and "True Confession" (http://community.livejournal.com/carole_and_co/76563.html).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-84827255960457563852009-10-27T12:38:01.099-04:002009-10-27T12:38:01.099-04:00Thank you, Don Corleone. You're mastery of En...Thank you, Don Corleone. You're mastery of English is just fine, congratulations. I love your line, "The Great Gatsby is for me (and my wife) like the Bible." I'm sure that would have warmed the heart of F. Scott, especially of his many fans. I agree it's hard to catch the spirit of his writing in movie adaptations of his books. Hemingway, too, but probably worse for Hemingway.<br /><br />The troubled economy makes us all concerned, all over the world. I hope we can all help each other out of it.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-82666262205224951252009-10-27T12:14:35.627-04:002009-10-27T12:14:35.627-04:00I love this post for many reasons. You know I am r...I love this post for many reasons. You know I am really good in English language, when I read some books oe when I talked with people but when I wrotte in English I am not good, so I have to ask you to forgive me if sometimes confuzed you. First off all when I saw the name F. Scott Fitzgerald I felt so nice. The Great Gatsby is for me (and my wife) like the Bible. The best writting ever. A pitty for the book that the movie don catch the spirit. "The Roaring Twenties" give me nostalgic memories, when I was a child and any Sunday was my favourite day. They saw films with Cagney and Bogart. An excellent movie. The economy crash I am afraid that can be rising again, in my country we are in full time economical crisis.<br />Thanks for this post.Honest,<br />So longAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-38978613293329140522009-10-26T14:22:10.505-04:002009-10-26T14:22:10.505-04:00Thank you so much, Caftan Woman. P.G. Wodehouse i...Thank you so much, Caftan Woman. P.G. Wodehouse is a fun read. Remember "Wodehouse Playhouse", a British import with John Alderton and Pauline Collins? Really captured the era.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-63926979594841493472009-10-26T14:17:12.815-04:002009-10-26T14:17:12.815-04:00Wonderfully fascinating article.
P.G. Wodehouse w...Wonderfully fascinating article.<br /><br />P.G. Wodehouse wrote about the giddy rush to get into the market. Everybody was getting rich and everybody had a tip - the barber, the elevator man, the girl at the diner. It was all to easy to get swept up in the whole fiasco waiting to happen.Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-73699719283742435342009-10-26T12:57:18.835-04:002009-10-26T12:57:18.835-04:00Thanks, John. The causes of the 1929 Crash, and a...Thanks, John. The causes of the 1929 Crash, and also the Depression, have been debated for generations and likely to continue. The reasons you've mentioned certainly had to a part to play in it. Another was deregulation in the 1920s, a real estate boom and bust (similar to ours), and a rather a lot of cheating and corruption going on in the financial markets (sound familiar?)<br /><br />But the economy as a whole has some cracks in it that nobody was paying attention to. There were problems in industry, in farming, and in the coal mines (most of the country, both industry and residential, were fueled by coal). In the case of these aspects of our economy, the Crash wasn't so much an instigator of the Depression as a last straw, a sign that things had been quietly messed up for a while.<br /><br />A fascinating period of history. A lot more fun to look back on than it is try to live through now. Let's hope we all get a grip on our nerves, our wallets, and our futures pretty soon.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-43959604392660168892009-10-26T11:20:31.373-04:002009-10-26T11:20:31.373-04:00Remarkably good--fascinating read, & among the...Remarkably good--fascinating read, & among the best posts I've read. The story of the Berengeria is absorbing; I'd heard of it, but didn't know its history. I believe that one theory about the 29 Crash is that panic ensued because so much of the general public was involved in the market--the idea being that whereas seasoned market players might wait out a slump, inexperienced folks panicked. There may be some similarities to the situation of the past few years (& arguably, going back to 00-01). A lot of folks played the market in the 90s because it was such a boom time. Tho the slump at the beginning of the Bush presidency may have weeded out the "gun-shy," still the money managers were juggling the money of John & Jane Q Public because so much was invested thru 401Ks & similar plans. This may have had the effect of increasing panic too. <br /><br />Great job!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-59411309178452030742009-10-26T09:45:39.949-04:002009-10-26T09:45:39.949-04:00Hi, Raquelle, thanks very much.Hi, Raquelle, thanks very much.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-18106303204067244292009-10-26T09:27:21.743-04:002009-10-26T09:27:21.743-04:00Very interesting post! Thanks for this.Very interesting post! Thanks for this.Raquel Stecherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02687110907002450794noreply@blogger.com